Monday, July 30, 2012

I have been busy trying to write a pattern for a baby blanket and a preemie cuddle sack with matching hat. I hope I got the patterns correctly written up. If anyone finds a mistake, please let me know.

The back of this blanketwill look different from the front.

Measures about 34” x 35”

Pound of Love Yarn

I skein plus a little bit more
17-18 ounces)

H Hook

Special stitches: Shell Stitch: 2 dc, chain 1, 2dc in same
stitch

FPDC: front post double crochet

Chain 104, dc in 4th ch from hook.

dc in
next 99 chains. Chain 2 and turn.

Dc in
1st dc, skip 1 dc, shell stitch in next dc, skip next dc, dc in
next dc, *shell stitch in next dc,

skip next dc, dc in next dc, skip
next dc,* repeat from * across.Dc in
last dc, dc in top of turning chain. Chain 2 and turn.

Dc in
first dc, shell stitch in next shell, fpdc around next dc. * Shell stitch
in shell, fpdcaround next dc.*
Repeat across. Dc in last dc, dc in top of turning ch. Chain 2 and turn.

4. Dc in 1st
dc, shell stitch in shell, dc in next dc, ( top of fpdc), *Shell stitch in
shell,

dc in next
dc,* Repeat from * across. Dc in last dc, dc in top of turning ch.

Chain 2
and turn.

Repeat rows
3 and 4 for pattern. Continue for desired length. End with ch2 turn,

the front
side of the blanket is facing you. 3 double crochets in 1st dc.
Double

crochet
across with 3

double
crochet is top of turning chain. DO NOTcrochet in the chain 1

spaces.
Continue with dc evenly spaced around

turning
chains of each row,dc across bottom
with 3 dc in corner, continue with

double
crochets evenly spaced up the side around turning chains.Slip stitch in 1st

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Sunday, July 8, 2012

I finally had time to sit and crochet the last few rows on this granny square baby blanket for a little boy. The newlyweds are gone as most of my other guests. The last three will leave tomorrow. It is great to have everyone here but will be glad to be back to just the two of us again.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

About Me

I am a retired mother of 2 grown children and a grandmother of 3. My husband Frank and I have started doing crocheting and loom knitting for various charities since retiring. We collect angel figurines bird houses. We have 2 cats. Angel and Joey. And one dog, Mindy.